Peters



D. HJTALBOT GOAD.

N0. 423,353. Patented Mar. 11, 1890. l

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL H. TALBOT, OF SIOUX CITY, IOIVA.

GOAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,353, dated March11, 1890.

Application filed December 12, 1889. Serial No. 333,444. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL I-I. TALBOT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Sioux City, in the county of lVoodbury and State ofIowa, have invented an Improvement in Goads, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is a rubber cap or knob to be placed on the end of apole,stick, or walking-cane at will for the purpose of driving cattle.

The object of my invention is to produce a harmless driving device to besubstituted for the common driving device which tortures the animalsbeing driven, the latter generally consisting of a sharp stick or forkedhandle, the use of which, when the animal is made to move with a strongpunch, tears the hair off the animal and bruises it.

My invention consists of a neat and handy removable cap or knob, bywhich a pole, stick, or walking -cane can be readily converted into adriving device for animals, constructed of rubber and having a'socket atits outer end, from which projects or protrudes a small prod or spurformed with a retaining-head seated within the cap or knob. The innerend of the cap or knob is formed with a socket for receiving the end ofthe pole, stick, or walking-cane which provides a handle. A very slightportion of the prod or spur is exposed normally; but the rubber recedeswhen the goad is applied to the animal with pressure and allows the prodor spur to protrude to a greater extent.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure I is a side elevation of my improved goad. Fig. II is a verticalsection thereof on the line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a transversesection on the line III III, Fig. I. Fig. IV is a vertical sectionshowing a modification.

l is a suitable pole, stick, or walking-cane having a head 2. Over thishead fits a removable rubber cap or knob 3, having a long socket 4E,conforming to the shape of the head and inner end of the pole, stick, orwalkingcane which is to provide a handle. The outer end of the cap orknob is formed with an in-. wardly stepped socket, forming cylindricalgraded inner, intermediate, and outer openings 5, 6, and 7. Locatedwithin this stepped socket is a prod or spur formed with a head 8, whichis securely seated within the inner opening 7, with a body 9 within theintermediate opening 6, and with a blunt point 10 occupying the outeropening 5 and slightly protruding or projecting therefrom. Fittingwithin the intermediate opening 6 and surrounding the body of the prodor spur are metal rings or ferrules 11, to allow the prod or spur tomove freely and to prevent binding.

In the modification shown in Fig. IV it will be seen that the prod orspur fits snugly within the cap or knob and the rings or ferrules aredispensed with. The cap or knob is rounded at the outer end, and forordinary driving is the only thing that strikes the animal, whereasshould the animal be obstinate and require more driving, then the cap orknob is pressed on the animal, causing the rubber to move back andexpose the point, which, entering the hide, causes the animal to startwithout injury to the latter.

My invention can be used as a cushioning device for crutches,chair-legs, ladders, and climbing-poles and other things to prevent theslipping of the article to which it may be applied when used as asupport. v

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The cap or knob ofyielding material, having a prod or spur embedded therein and adapted toprotrude when pressure is applied to the cap or knob, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of a pole, stick, or walking-cane having a head, theremovable cap or knob of yielding material having a socket at its innerend conforming to the head and a socket at its outer end, and a prod orspur embedded in the last-named socket, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a pole, stick, or walking-cane having a head,thecap or knob of yielding material having a socket at its inner endconforming to the head and a stepped.

socket at its outer end, a prod or spur having a head, body, and bluntpoint and embedded in the cap or knob, and rings-or ferrules surroundingthe body, substantially as described.

DANIEL H. TALBOT. \Vitnesses:

MARY P. Soorr, R. N. RIoKETrs.

